President Biden said social media platforms such as Facebook were 'killing people' as the White House on Friday doubled down on the danger of COVID-19 misinformation. President Biden told reporters social media companies were killing people with the spread of misinformation. On Friday, White House press Jen Psaki was quizzed repeatedly about the practice. And she insisted the social media platforms were free to do as they pleased with the information supplied by the administration. Sen. Josh Hawley accused the White House of imposing a COVID speech code.

Source: The Nation July 16, 2021 20:26 UTC